Why he’s here: This was basically a coin flip between Sale and Max Scherzer, two of the best pitchers in baseball having Cy Young-worthy seasons. Sale has double-digit strikeouts in 10 of his 16 starts this season (and nine in three others), and think about this: The lefty has 155 strikeouts this season, while only allowing 21 walks and 82 hits. That’s just stupid good.

Why he’s here: Jansen has been incredible this season. He’s faced 122 batters on the year: He’s struck out 53, allowed 17 hits and walked only one batter. Two of those three earned runs he’s allowed all year? They came way back in his second appearance of 2017; since then he has a 0.28 ERA in 32 innings. Yikes. Special shout out to Craig Kimbrel, Boston’s closer who has struck out 63 of the 123 hitters Cheap NFL Jerseys he’s faced. Damn.

The Brooklyn Nets and restricted free agent Otto Porter Jr. have reached an agreement on an offer sheet that will pay the Washington Wizards forward the maximum of $106 million over four years, sources told ESPN’s Tim MacMahon.

The Wizards have made it clear that they intend to Cheap New Zealand Warriors Jerseys exercise their right to match any offer to Porter, a source reiterated to ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk on Tuesday night.

The Utah Jazz had also intended to make a run at Porter as well, following Gordon Hayward’s decision to sign in Boston, sources told MacMahon.

News of Porter’s agreement with the Nets was first reported by The Vertical. When a bullpen finds itself collectively struggling, the mental aspects of the game can be just as tough as getting outs on the field. Not giving in to negative thoughts can be just as important as making the slight adjustments sometimes necessary to pull out of a slump. And sometimes, no adjustment is needed — you just have to push through.